New X-Men #40: Artwork getting worse?

External Since: Mar 08, 2004 Posts: 406

I thought the artwork in New X-Men #39 was bad. Issue #40 is even
worse.

Two characters I only recognized because their powers were active. I
only recognized Amanda because her name was said.

Mercury is only recognizable because she is silver and spikey. Josh
only because he is either gold or black. The blind girl because she
doesn't have eyes.

In a panel where Amanda is doing one of those seated levitation poses,
her legs seem to end before the knees.

This stuff is just awful. Some of the worst art I've seen in a book
in years, and that includes the worst days of Bachalo and Ramos.

External Since: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 185

Billy Bissette <baines.TakeThisOut@coastalnet.com> wrote in
news:Xns9972E825A6whatcholookinat@207.217.125.201:

> I thought the artwork in New X-Men #39 was bad. Issue #40 is even
> worse.
>
> Two characters I only recognized because their powers were active.
> I
> only recognized Amanda because her name was said.
>
> Mercury is only recognizable because she is silver and spikey.

I didn't even realize that was Mercury until you said it just now. She
isn't typically spikely so I didn't know who she was.

Josh
> only because he is either gold or black. The blind girl because she
> doesn't have eyes.
>
> In a panel where Amanda is doing one of those seated levitation
> poses,
> her legs seem to end before the knees.
>
> This stuff is just awful. Some of the worst art I've seen in a book
> in years, and that includes the worst days of Bachalo and Ramos.

The problem with Bachalo was that his stuff has become muddy, but the
people were recognizable as people. You just couldn't tell for sure if
you were looking at, for example, Iceman or Cannonball unless they were
using their powers. Still, at least you had an idea. I had no idea who
most of them were during this issue. It didn't help that Rockslide
completely changed his form.